Clean dataset codebook — v1.0.0
Primary file: data/nba_draft_pathways_clean.csv
Unit of observation: one actual NBA draft selection.
Primary key: (draft_year, pick).
| Field | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
draft_year |
integer | NBA draft year, 2016–2026. |
pick |
integer | Overall selection number; forfeited slots are excluded. |
round |
integer | 1 for picks 1–30; 2 otherwise. |
player_name |
text | Drafted player name with table-footnote symbols removed. |
drafting_team_name |
text | Franchise that announced the selection; a later trade destination is not substituted. |
drafting_team_abbr |
text | Standard three-letter franchise abbreviation. |
prior_org_name |
text | Canonical full college, club, league, school, or academy name immediately before the draft. |
prior_org_short |
text | Common basketball label for the prior organization. |
prior_org_type |
category | ncaa, international_club, g_league, high_school_or_prep, or alternative_academy. |
prior_org_country |
text | Country of the prior organization. |
high_school_finish |
text | Finishing U.S. secondary/prep program; blank when there was no U.S. high-school pathway. |
hs_city |
text | Campus city for the finishing school. |
hs_state |
text | Two-letter U.S. state code or international label. |
hs_country |
text | United States or non-U.S. pathway label. |
school_type |
category | public, local_private, elite_prep, or international. |
school_type_method |
text | Curation/classification method. |
high_school_missing_reason |
category | no_us_high_school_pathway identifies a structural, not-applicable blank. |
ambiguity_flag |
text | Reserved for a contested classification. |
notes |
text | Supporting pathway details and caveats. |
quality_flags |
text | Semicolon-delimited unresolved issues; empty for all v1.0.0 rows. |
hs_source |
text | High-school attribution lineage. |
draft_source_url |
URL | Draft-order source. |
prior_source_url |
URL | Prior school/club source. |
bbref_player_url |
URL | Original Basketball-Reference player source when available. |
Missingness
Blank finishing-school values accompanied by
high_school_missing_reason=no_us_high_school_pathway are structurally not applicable.
Optional notes, ambiguity flags, and legacy Basketball-Reference URLs may be blank.
The highly sparse income fields are deliberately excluded from the core table.